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Recognised as Colour

#79BCFC

  • #79BCFC
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light skyblue

#79BCFC is a blue with RGB values 121, 188, 252 and HSL 209°, 96%, 73%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light skyblue.

Colour values

#79BCFC#79BCFC
HEX#79BCFC
RGBrgb(121, 188, 252)
RGB (0–1)0.4745, 0.7373, 0.9882
RGB percentages47.5%, 73.7%, 98.8%
HSLhsl(209.3, 95.6%, 73.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(209.3, 52%, 98.8%)
CMYK52%, 25.4%, 0%, 1.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,978,236
CSS custom property--colour: #79BCFC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4706WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.41:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#864303

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2BEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#91B1FBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Tritanopia#2ECBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light skyblue · ΔE 13.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 20.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.2Steel blue · ΔE 22.6Light steelblue · ΔE 23.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight skyblue (#87CEFA)ΔE 13.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FCB979
Analogous#79FCFA, #797BFC
Triadic#FC79BC, #BCFC79
Split complementary#FC797B, #FCFA79
Tetradic#FA79FC, #FCB979, #7BFC79

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#DDEEFE
Lighter +10%#ABD5FD
Darker −10%#47A3FB
Darker −20%#158AFA
Darker −30%#0570D7
Darker −40%#0456A5
More saturated +25%#76BCFF
Less saturated −25%#8ABCEB

Channel breakdown

R121
G188
B252
Red121 (47.5%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue252 (98.8%)
Hue209.31°
Saturation (HSL)95.62%
Lightness73.14%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 79 · G BC · B FC

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